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This Day in Music History – August 14th

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1956 – A Washington, DC, DJ, Bob Rickman, created the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Elvis Presley.

1970 – Stephen Stills was arrested on cocaine possession charges at a motel in La Jolla, CA. He was released on $2,500 bail.

1976 – Nick Lowe’s debut solo single, “So It Goes,” was released.

1985 – Michael Jackson outbid Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono for the ATV music-publishing catalog. Jackson paid $47.5 million for the rights to more than 250 songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

1989 – Bon Jovi’s “New Jersey” album became the first U.S. album to be released legally in the Soviet Union. The Russian label Melodiya paid the group with a truckload of firewood since rubles can’t leave Russia.

1992 – Wayne Newton filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

1998 – Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev was a visitor at the 10th Popkomm music fair.

1998 – PBS premiered a documentary on Robbie Robertson’s Indian heritage. “Robbie Robertson: Making A Noise _ A Native American Musical Journey.”


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